單詞
unmentionable
英 [?n'men?(?)n?b(?)l]
美[?n'm?n??n?bl]
基本信息
- adj. 不宜說出口的
- n. 內(nèi)衣；說不出口的事
英文詞源
- unmentionable (adj.)
- 1837, from un- (1) "not" + mentionable (adj.). Humorous use of unmentionables "trousers" is attested from 1823; from 1910 as "underwear," both on notion of "articles of dress not to be mentioned in polite circles."
雙語例句
- 1. Has he got some unmentionable disease?
- 他是不是得了什么難以啟齒的病？
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Why is his name unmentionable in his daughter's household?
- 為什么他的名字不能在他女兒的家里提及?
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- 3. Some of the crimes committed during the war are unmentionable.
- 有些戰(zhàn)爭期間的犯罪行為讓人簡直說不出口.
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- 4. Why do people have so much trouble mentioning unmentionable state?
- 為什么人們提起這件難以啟齒的事時這么麻煩?
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- 5. Perhaps he mentioned my car die because my work was unmentionable.
- 或許他提到我的羊毛衫,是因為我的工作不值一提?
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